Berry-picker.



T. H. KRUSE. v a

BERRY PICKER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, x917.

1,269,091.. Patented June 11, 1918.

THEODORE H. KRUSE, OF ARVADA, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CLARENCE C. COLE, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

BERRY-PICKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1918.

Application filed May 22, 1917. Serial No. 170,212.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE I-I. KRUSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Arvada, in the county of Jefferson and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Berry-Picker, of which the following is a specification.

The subject of this invention is a berry picker wherein gathering fingers are cooperatively associated with a receptacle and the objects of the invention are, first, to provide a picker which will not injure the berries; second, to provide a bag that will protect the berries from thorns; third, to provide a simple and eificient berry picker.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

A practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a side-elevation of the device, a portion of the handle broken away;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a vertical central longitudinal section.

Referring to the drawing by numerals: A. handle 1 formed with a reduced end which is surrounded by a sleeve 2, is provided with a longitudinal bore in the re duced end. The extended ends 3 of a ring 4: are adapted to the bore. The ring 4 may Gopflea of this patent may be obtained for be of any suitable material but is preferably formed of wire. The ring 4: is provided with a series of inclined bores, one of which is indicated at 5 Fig. 3, and the bores are positioned diametrically opposite the extended ends 8, as shown. Fingers 6, preferably of metal, are secured in these bores.

A bag 7 of some puncture resisting material such as leather, is whipped onto the ring 4: by a thread 8 or the like.

The device is used after the manner of the ordinary berry picker of this class. The berries are caught by the fingers 6 and pulled from the bush and drop into the bag 7. The bag 7 being of leather or like material prevents the thorns injuring the picked berries during the operation of gathering further berries.

Having described vmy invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A berry picker, comprising a. handle, a ring secured to the handle and having spaced apertures formed therein and extending downwardly and outwardly from the upper face thereof, short prongs secured in the apertures and extending upwardly and inwardly from the ring, and a bag secured within and depending from the ring, the

prongs adapted to direct berries downwardly against the ring.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE H. KRUSE.

Vitnesses:

JAMES F. JACOBS, MARTIN S. SKIFFICH.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

